[fabsroman]

Nobody wants to take responsibility for anything anymore. Just finished up a 2004 tax return for a client of mine. One of the charitable deductions was a contribution to the democratic national committee for the 2004 Presidential election. This guy had a $400,000 capital gain on a rental property in 2004, and he is complaining because he has to pay $50,000 in taxes. I didn't mention that if the democrats had their way, he would be paying close to $100,000 on that capital gain, but I should have. He also wants socialized health care with the government picking up the tab. I cannot imagine howmuch he would cry when he had to pay taxes for that. If he wasn't suffering from Parkinson's and cancer, I would be pissed.

Zumbo is paying for what he said. Me, I completely avoided political issues with this client, because he still needs to have his 2005 and 2006 returns completed and they are worth close to $2,000 a piece to me. We all need to think before speaking or acting, period, and we need to take responsibility for our actions and apologize when we are wrong, but stand behind what we believe in too.